Life Video, Death Video

This is an extraordinary video. (Good recovery, too.) By the way, if you know what language she is speaking, let everybody know. They seem to be dealing in Kronars, or something, so that’s a clue.

That was the life video — pregnant woman, laughs, good humor.

Here’s the death video. Congresswoman Blackburn from western Tennessee, harping on the “General Betray Us” ad that appeared in the New York Times. Since when are generals suddenly the sacred cows of our country — and not the free press? Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton would be throwing up harder than a Scandinavian game show presenter if they could see this Congresswoman attacking a free press for allowing advertising by an organization questioning the behavior of a general who had willingly politicized himself in a national forum.

The Republican game plan — to act like Louis Renault (“I’m shocked — shocked!”) — whenever anyone dares question them really is enough to make you hurl. In this case, they did it as pre-emptive strike so that everyone might feel inhibited and unpatriotic — and threatened — if they challenged the distortions and spin.

David Schuster plays the game right in this clip. He goes after the Congresswoman for having no idea who’s been killed in her district. In fact, that’s no more germane than her harping on the Move On ad, but it’s the right way to silence people in the midst of an unfair and ludicrous attack.